February 2010 Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing
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Feb 28- Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog
This week has had mixed results. For those who
follow our “Ft Lauderdale fishing reports” we are only publishing one
blanket report for the whole week. We have been very busy (good thing!)
and so it’s one and go this week. We totaled seven sails for the week.
Large sharks have are moving thru the area. Some good sized Hammerhead
Sharks are being seen every day. Tigers and one Thresher taken. That
picture is a 500+ pound thresher.
Amberjacks are biting on the deeper wrecks up to 60#s and we had only a
couple of Mutton Snapper, the largest being 7#. Kingfish bite one day
and then not the next. Offshore the sea conditions have been far from
perfect for Swordfish. The forecast is for the winds to diminish as they
turn to the east and that will allow some Swordfish opportunities. The
west winds we have experienced all week kept the seas pleasant close to
shore but really roughed it up out on the Sword grounds.
Captain Rick
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 26-
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Today we had the pleasure of a local person with
friends in town and the plan for the day was fishing in Ft. Lauderdale.
Three couples showed up for a day on the water and with the cool
weather, came with blankets which the girls wore till after 10.
After
buying some Pilchards on the way out, we made our way south on the
troll, hitting a few Kingfish and one Blackfin Tuna which had been thick
a few days before. After trying a deep drop for an Amberjack with the
best bait possible and striking out, we set our sights on a shallow
wreck a short distance away.
These folks had fished before and quickly grasped
the concept of what mate Tommy was doing. Fishing two rods, we made
quick work of the dozen Pilchards and netted 3 or 4 African Pompano and
a couple Mutton Snapper. This hands on fishing is a blast, even the
girls got into this and soon we were headed home trolling back north.
The trip netted us another Tuna, a Skipjack this time and a Bonito.
Some pictures from the trip are in the gallery and
this one at the dock shows our catch for the day.
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 24-
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Ft. Lauderdale is known for many things, fishing
just happens to be one of them. Some people come for the beaches or to
escape cold weather. Mike and Jim, two firefighters from Long Island
came to fish. Ok, I’m sure they had other reasons but fishing was
definitely on their list of things to do. LOL
We usually start our day by asking our guest’s what
they would like to catch. At times, the requests read almost like a
Christmas list, but Mike and Jim just wanted to catch some fish, maybe
something to eat and have some fun doing it. We were happy to oblige and
the fish gods smiled upon us this day.
The fishing had been slow as of late. A large
school of Kingfish was located quite a ways south and had been there for
days. This was the only real action that had been consistent and we
headed south, hoping for another day of biting fish and reeling some in,
but we got much more today.
The
Kings were not biting well we had heard over half way to our mark.
Already committed to going south, we continued hoping to at least find
remnants of this huge school of fish. We caught one King on the way and
a nice surprise of a pair of Blackfin Tunas as well. We continued on our
trek south and a friend called me on the radio, a school of Kingfish
were biting somewhat further south and we decided to join them in the
area.
It took about an hour to catch our limit, not the
action of late from this school but certainly enough to supply some
dinner and have some fun. With over 3 hours left to fish, we began back
toward the north, looking for other fish to supply some fun. We
discussed doing some shark fishing, which we never got to do.
As we moved north, Tuna after Tuna bit our lines,
sometimes one at a time, other times we had multiple hits. The school of
fish wasn’t concentrated but spread out over quite a large area. They
would come, hit a rod or two and we’d search again for them.
We never got to do any shark fishing, the Tuna kept
us busy and by the time we had to leave for the dock, we had netted 6
Kingfish, 11 Blackfin Tuna, 1 Skipjack Tuna and a bomber Bonito.
The attached picture is a mish mosh of the fish on
the ground, with our happy anglers behind them. Mike and Jim wanted to
take some home for dinner and we started cutting until they had a bag
full. We, of course, were happy they left the rest with us. My wife
makes a mean Tuna salad from fresh Tuna…
I received a text from Mike around 6:30pm, as we
were cleaning up from our day. It read “The Tuna was awesome”! “Now I
know why you wanted the rest of our Tuna! LOL”
Apparently the recipe mate Tom had provided worked
well for them.
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 19-
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Ft.
Lauderdale fishing
charters aren’t always about “the BIG ones” or even the smaller ones.
Sometimes they are strictly for the little guys, both the kids and the
fish. That is exactly what today’s trip was about. Pete, from Chicago,
my home town, his brother Matt and the 4 children between them wanted a
day of action. With the ages of the kids, they would only be able to
handle the smaller rods and we were off to search for pure action in the
form of small bait fish.
A stop by the bridge got us just that. While the
bite wasn’t great, almost always was at least one youngster connected
with something. I have to say it is a ball watching these small kids
battle these little fish on light tackle. Rods bent, handles turning in
square circles as they battle the equipment and land Pinfish after
Pinfish. With the tide beginning to turn and the current failing, we
went outside to the anchor balls to try our luck there.
The bite was slower but the fish were different. A
few Parrot fish were caught, one so brightly colored and large, it
almost looked like a piece of art, like painted porcelain rather than a
live fish. Many fish were seen but only a few caught and after a bit, we
decided to move back inside and try again at the bridge for a little
more action before returning to the dock.
The current was beginning again and we weren’t
disappointed as we caught a few more Pinfish, some Blue Runners, a Spot
and French Grunt. Each new species was examined and discussed by the
kids before releasing it and some pictures were taken.
With kids this age, trying to get a shot of them
doing all this was quite the task. I did the best I could, they just
don’t sit still long. LOL
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 16-
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Lauderdale Fishing Daily
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Today (Feb 16) was a beautiful day to be in South Florida and do a
little Ft. Lauderdale fishing. Our morning found
two foot seas and Dan and the boys out of Pittsburgh landed two nice
Sailfish while live bait kite fishing in 120 to 140 feet of water. Our
afternoon charter was David and his best friend out of Boston and their
four kids. We opted for some bottom fishing to keep the kids busy and
caught some real `nice Yellow eye Snapper and two Snowy Grouper. The
dads caught a caught a shark known as a “Silky”
and then the nice seven foot Sailfish (pictured). Good fishing and happy
kids-beats the 6 inches of snow that came down in Boston today.
Captain Rick Brady
Ft. Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 15-
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Lauderdale Fishing Daily
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Winter Haven is
about 3 ½ hours from Ft. Lauderdale and the fishing we have here.
Manny, his brother Louie and the rest of the family left around 3 am to
be at our dock for a 7am start. We had spoken through email and the
targeted species were anything edible, a fair task since most fishing of
late had been for Sailfish with little else around. But, we always try
so…
We began trolling and our first bite came deep on a
rip in about 260’ of water. The Kingfish we trolled up from that depth
was surprise to us all, they usually aren’t out that far. Finally
getting the King to the boat and making a swing to see if it was luck or
there were actually more fish there, we were jumped by some good sized
schoolie Dolphin. Multiple hits netted us 3 fish and things were looking
up for dinner. After landing the ones we had, we began searching for the
school once again but they had moved on and we were back in search of
more fish.
Another King, a few missed hits and then the deep
line went down hard. We only had the fish on for a minute or so before
we were cut off and then the other deep line sung out. Both hits were
strong, hard hits taking lots of line and after a few minutes, we landed
a nice Wahoo. We felt pretty confident the other fish we had lost there
was a Wahoo as well and we were off once again in search of.
By now it was around 12 and we put a spread of live
bait out hoping to entice a Sail for the fun of it. Our deep drops for
Amberjack had not been successful and we wanted something to pull on. A
nice hit and a Bonito was caught, then we were jumped by Kingfish
cutting our baits up. We manage to land a few more and missed a few as
well.
While not a banner day, it was successful and we
headed home to clean our catch and send Manny and family back to Winter Haven for cocktails and dinner.
They never mentioned what time Tommy and I should
show up for dinner…
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 11-
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Lauderdale Fishing Daily
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Sometimes
Ft.
Lauderdale fishing can be
cruel. This morning, Tom and his wife Cindy showed up full of
expectations as did the crew of the Marlin My Darlin. A recent cold
front had passed, the day was beautiful and conditions perfect for
Sailfish, Tom’s life long dream to catch. He has charters many times
usually taking other people with him and passing the rod to his friends
when the “big one” hit. Today, it was HIS charter and his alone.
We hadn’t been set up long with our kites out when
our first Sail came along. Everything went beautifully and we hooked
Tom’s fish and the fight was on. A second fish appeared and ate. I’m not
sure if we got the rod into Cindy’s hands or not, but the fish jumped
and was gone.
Clearing the gear we were set to go get Tom’s fish.
He had jumped a few times and was now less than 100’ from the boat when
he appeared to us for the last time, shook his head up out of the water
and spit the hook. As soon as it happened, it was known by all that the
fish was gone and we quickly reset and fished until the last possible
moment before we had to close down for our afternoon trip.
The afternoon trip was a 3 boat group from Paper
and Pulp. They had a Sailfish tournament between the 3 boats and we were
off once again. The wind was failing and we desperately tried to keep
the kites in the air, as this is the best way to attract and catch
Sails. But in the end it resulted in failure and we had to resort to
old, proven methods of trolling for fish.
We set our baits (and our secret weapon) out and
began with a bang. A small Dolphin, about 4-5lbs
was one with just one line in the
water. It was just nice to have a fish on after fighting the kites for
over an hour.
One of the boats had reported catching a Sail
already and we were now in catch up mode. Trolling deep, we hooked a
Blackfin Tuna and as we were reeling him in, the short right line came
down but no fish. The mate, Tommy, had the rod up in his hand
immediately and began his magic. Another strike but no hook up. Then
another and this time we saw it was a Sailfish chasing our bait. After
at least 10 more attempts, the fish finally committed to eat the bait
and we hooked him.
After some pleasantries of deciding who would take
the rod… I swear, these people were so polite, you’d think they were
from the mid west, Charlie finally got the rod and began the battle. 20
minutes later, we had his 88” Sail in the boat for a picture and his
release. Please note in this picture the tired but happy face of
Charlie, this stuff looks a lot easier on TV.
As for the tournament? The other boat had us on
time but we had 3” more on our side. They never did tell us who won… LOL
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Feb 4-
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Lauderdale Fishing Daily
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Ft.
Lauderdale fishing is just
like any other fishing. You deploy your baits and wait. Patience is
sometimes the key. But today, I’m afraid Brian, Cameron and Mike are
pretty much ruined for their next fishing trip… They barely waited a
minute!
An all day fishing trip loaded with a dozen and a
half livies had us under way before 8. We began trolling just 25 minutes
from the dock and before Tommy, the mate, could get all the lines out,
we had our first Kingfish on the line. As Brian reeled the fish in, I
noticed some birds outside of us and went to have a look see. It wasn’t
long before one, then two lines came down with some small schoolie
Dolphin on them. 4 to 5 pounds each, they fight hard and are a blast to
watch as they run and jump. The boys mouths were watering knowing these
fishes fate.
After loosing the birds, we were back on the troll
south and caught our limit of King by about 9 am. We hit a dead zone
where there were no hits and the boys were fine with that, it gave them
a chance to get a drink and relax.
A small Tuna was boated and it was time to put up
the kites. We started shallow and had hoped since we hadn’t had a King
bite in some time, they would leave us alone. That was not the case and
within minutes of setting up, small Kings were chopping our live bait to
bits, all except the one bait that got a Man of War tentacle on him and
died in the kite.
Moving deeper, we reset and waited all of maybe 15
minutes before we hooked a small brown shark about 2 1/2 ‘. It wasn’t
long before he was brought to the boat, photographed and released.
Getting ready to reset the bait, we get another
bite. With no idea what the fish is, we set the hook and hand the rod
off to Brian. We’re delighted to see a Sail jump and the game is on!
It took about 25 minutes to land this first fish,
he was a big one, over 8’ and weighing over 70 lbs. We had brought our
gear in so we went back to our depth and started to reset. As we were
loading the second bait into the kite, the first bait in the water
starts screaming off the reel and with no idea once again what had hit,
we set the hook and a second Sail appeared.
Another very large fish about the same size as the
first made us once again bring in the kites as we did battle, chasing
the fish around the ocean and finally landing, taking our picture and
releasing this fish.
Back to depth again, we reset the baits and had 3
visitors this time. We managed to hook 2 of 3 Sails and finally had one,
then the other to the boat.
Setting up once again, we went 1 for 2 on the next
bite. With everyone having had a hand on the reel already, there was no
need to tell our anglers what to do and we kept the kites up and let
them bring the fish to the boat without much aid from us.
Resetting yet again, another single popped up and
we now had our 6th fish of the day on and it wasn’t even 1:30
yet. LOL
After landing him, we reset and finally had some
time. All of us joking about “Where’s the fish?”, it had been almost 20
minutes without a bite, we ended up waiting quite some time for what
turned out to be our last Sail of the day. As we had begun, Brian was
back in the chair and landed this one all alone.
Often at the end of the trip, I ask the customer’s
if they had a good time. With this group, they had better of had a good
time… it just doesn’t get much better than this.
Now, what are we going to do for them the next time
they come? I fear for their next fishing guide, he has a tough act to
follow…
The attached picture is of Brian, Cameron and Mike
with the other fish they caught before the Sailfishing began.
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact:
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
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